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Company CheckKOBUSSEN BUSES LTD · DOT 275996

2000 TAYLOR ST, LITTLE CHUTE, WI, 54140

DOT# 275996 MC# 167000 Little Chute, Wisconsin 43 years

CARRIER Physical address changed · Aug 30, 2026

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888

Power Units

746

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$5,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

10 events tracked · latest Sep 8, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 2

Aug 30, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.
Aug 19, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 7

Jul 22, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 22, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 22, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 22, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 24, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jan 28, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Dec 30, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($5,000,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

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Physical Address2000 TAYLOR ST, LITTLE CHUTE, WI, 54140

Mailing AddressPO BOX 858, KAUKAUNA, WI, 54130

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PASSENGER, BUSINESS;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC167000

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating43 years

All Docket Numbers

MC167000

Cargo Transported

Passengers

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Pass. Business) Passenger Carrier

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure .17 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 1.42 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage9,985,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

746

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

746

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)13

Fatal1

Driver OOS5.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS8.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review09/26/2023

Insurance

Amount$5,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/16/2026

CompanyHARLEYSVILLE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Policy #CRA0000231

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet888 units

Drivers746

Mileage9,985,000 mi

Operating43 years

MCS-15005/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)13

Fatal1

Injury4

Tow-Away8

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total20

Out of Service1

OOS Rate5.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total12

Out of Service1

OOS Rate8.3%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 09/26/2023 | Rated: 09/26/2023

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

6 · 0 OOS -

2024

5 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

17 · 1 OOS =

2026

10 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

2 crashes -

2024

5 crashes ▲

2025

8 crashes ▲

2026

2 crashes ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Jul 2026, 27 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (3.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (17)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
03/24/2026	TILDEN	WI	0	0	1	1	Clear	-	Daylight
01/28/2026	NEENAH	WI	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
12/30/2025	FREMONT	WI	0	3	0	2	Fog/Smog	Ice	Dawn
11/25/2025	FOX CROSSING	WI	0	1	0	2	Clear	Wet	Dusk
09/05/2025	NEENAH	WI	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
09/04/2025	NEW RICHMOND	WI	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
02/11/2025	ROYALTON	WI	0	4	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
02/06/2025	OSHKOSH	WI	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
01/21/2025	STANTON	WI	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
01/09/2025	SUN PRAIRIE	WI	1	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
12/04/2024	HARRISON	WI	0	0	1	2	Fog/Smog	Ice	Daylight
10/09/2024	HARTLAND	WI	0	0	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
09/14/2024	MADISON	WI	0	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
05/09/2024	WOODVILLE	WI	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
04/02/2024	SUN PRAIRIE	WI	0	1	1	3	Rain	Wet	Daylight
09/26/2023	MANAWA	WI	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
09/08/2023	CATO	WI	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

8 roadside violations across 27 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 5 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (38)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/22/2026	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2026	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2026	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2026	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2026	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2026	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2026	SD	Full (Level I)	KEYSTONE SD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/27/2026	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/17/2026	DC	Driver-Only (Level III)	WASHINGTON DC	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/17/2026	DC	Driver-Only (Level III)	WASHINGTON DC	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/06/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	MADISON WI	7	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	VERONA WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	VERONA WI	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	VERONA WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	VERONA WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	VERONA WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	VERONA WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	VERONA WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	VERONA WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	VERONA WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	VERONA WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/30/2025	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2025	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2025	WI	Terminal (Level V)	SUN PRAIRIE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2025	WI	Terminal (Level V)	SUN PRAIRIE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2025	WI	Terminal (Level V)	SUN PRAIRIE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2025	WI	Terminal (Level V)	SUN PRAIRIE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/15/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/15/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/15/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/15/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/25/2024	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	FOND DU LAC WI	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2023	WI	Terminal (Level V)	KAUKAUNA (TOWN)	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2023	WI	Terminal (Level V)	KAUKAUNA (TOWN)	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2023	WI	Terminal (Level V)	KAUKAUNA (TOWN)	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2023	WI	Terminal (Level V)	KAUKAUNA (TOWN)	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2023	WI	Terminal (Level V)	KAUKAUNA (TOWN)	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/23/2023	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE (CITY)	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections31

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA154755	$5,000,000	12/17/2003	10/01/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	LFB 001182-1	$5,000,000	10/01/2005	10/01/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	LFB 001182-1	$5,000,000	10/01/2005	10/31/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA156388	$5,000,000	10/01/2004	10/01/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA 156 388	$5,000,000	10/01/2003	10/01/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA 126147	$5,000,000	10/01/1993	12/17/2003	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC167000	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/27/2004	-	-
MC167000	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/05/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/09/2009
MC167000	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/01/1990	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/17/1990
MC167000	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/06/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/30/2005
MC167000	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/22/1983	REVOKED	10/12/2004
MC167000	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/12/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/20/2023
MC167000	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/02/1992	REVOKED	10/12/2004

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99/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 99

Starts at 100−1 totalFinal 99

Fatal crash on record (rate-adjusted)−1

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-1

Fatal crash on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 13 crash(es) across 888 vehicles (~0.01 per vehicle); 1 fatal (8% fatal). Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−1 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 13 crash(es) across 888 vehicles (~0.01 per vehicle); 1 fatal (8% fatal). Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

KOBUSSEN BUSES LTD

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Cargo Transported

Operation Classification

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Drivers

Safety Summary

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Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (17)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (38)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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